Socma Security Summit Focuses on Improved Public-Private Dialogue

1:25 PM MDT | August 1, 2012 | Kara Sissell in Baltimore

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials and chemical industry executives met this week to discuss plans for improving the implementation of Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) and other security program concerns. Socma’s Chemical Sector Security Summit, held this week in Baltimore, included an overview by DHS officials of tools available for executives to identify a range of threats including suspicious behavior, suspicious vehicles, or questionable supply chain activity that could indicate either a threat to a facility...